No Honour

Written by Awais Khan

Narrated by Nikki Patel

In 16-year-old Abida's small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family's honour to protect. And, yet, her spirit is defiant and she yearns to make a home with the man she loves. When the unthinkable happens, Abida faces the same fate as other young girls who have chosen unacceptable alliances - certain, public death. Fired by a fierce determination and aided by her devoted father, Jamil, she escapes to Lahore but then disappears. Jamil goes to Lahore in search of Abida - a city where the prejudices that dominate their village take on a new and horrifying form - and father and daughter are caught in a world from which they may never escape.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd
• Release date: Aug 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781399115339

Awais Khan

Awais Khan is a writer and entrepreneur based in Lahore. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the University of Durham, he has studied Creative Writing at the prestigious Faber Academy in London. He has also taken various Creative Writing courses at Oxford University, the Writers Bureau and the Bishopsgate Institute in London. His work has appeared in the Missing Slate Magazine (he was also their Author of the Month), Daily Times, MODE and The Aleph Review (forthcoming in 2019) among other publications. In 2017, he came 2nd in the Missing Slate’s ‘New Voices’ Short Story Competition. He runs the largest Institution for Creative Writing in Pakistan under the name ‘The Writing Institute’ for aspiring and established writers. The Writing Institute (TWI) offers courses in all 3 major cities of Pakistan (Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad) with plans to expand internationally soon. TWI has facilitated over 10,000 students and their literary events regularly get up to 500 visitors. With a sprawling, purpose built campus in Lahore, it’s a haven for literature enthusiasts. With a Facebook following of over 70,000 (@thewritinginstitute) and an Instagram following of over 13,000 (@thewritinginstitute), TWI is on its way towards becoming the biggest Creative Writing institution in the Indian subcontinent. Awais has also been featured in various magazines and TV channels. His interviews have appeared in The Missing Slate and Fashion Forever Magazine and his TV interviews have appeared on Maverix Media, Virtual University, Samaa TV (one of the biggest TV channels in Pakistan), Voice of America (a subsidiary of GEO News with a viewership of over 10 million people), PTV Home and City42. His first novel, IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS, will be published by The Book Guild in July 2019 and by Simon & Schuster India in 2020.  Awais is currently hard at work on his second novel.

Reviews for No Honour

[Amber Z. Khan · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The book is good but the narrator ruined it for me. The names of the characters were pronounced incorrectly, had to painfully endure the main character being called Abeeeeeeda while it’s Abida, Aa-bid-a throughout the twelve hours of the audio. Jamil is Ja-meel. Shabnam is Shub-num not Shub-naaaam and Aslam is Us-lum not Us-laaaam. Whoever produced this audiobook should’ve consulted the writer for pronunciation first. I know many who would not go past first half hour of this book because of the terrible narration. Butcher and some other words was repeatedly mispronounced too!